# Homeconnect - Dryer turning off

**URL:** <https://community.openhab.org/t/homeconnect-dryer-turning-off/166934>\
**Category:** Beginners\
**Tags:** homeconnect, openhab-41\
**Created:** [October 24, 2025, 2:57pm UTC](https://community.openhab.org/t/homeconnect-dryer-turning-off/166934 "2025-10-24T14:57:00Z")\
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**Author:** ![colinfitzpatrick](https://community.openhab.org/user_avatar/community.openhab.org/colinfitzpatrick/32/72699_2.png) [@colinfitzpatrick](https://community.openhab.org/u/colinfitzpatrick)\
**Post date:** [October 24, 2025, 2:57pm UTC](https://community.openhab.org/t/homeconnect-dryer-turning-off/166934/1 "2025-10-24T14:57:00Z")

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- Platform information:
  - Hardware/OS: _openhabian_
  - openHAB version: 4.2.1

Hi,

I’m being using the homeconnect binding for some time to control my washer, dryer and disherwasher. My setup allows me to start them automatically when I have enough solar generated power to run them.

My dryer recently died, so I got a replacement … a Bosch WQH246DRIE.

It connects OK in the app; I see it in Openhab.

However, the dryer turns off after 30 minutes - my old one didn’t do this.

What I used to do was:

1. Set the drying program I wanted.
2. Press Remote start
3. Some time later Openhab would start the dryer based on solar power available.

What happens now is:

1. Set the drying program I wanted.
2. Press Remote Start
3. The Dryer turns off and forgets the selected program.

I can turn the dryer on, and select the program from the home connect app, as well as the API.

The channel power\_state does not appear in the dryer thing.

What I think I need to do is:

1. Set the drying program I want
2. Press remote start
3. Openhab to record/note the drying program selected.
4. When the solar power is available:
  1. Turn on the dryer
  2. set the program to the previously noted version.

Is there a way to turn on the dryer without the power\_state channel (such as programmatically getting access to the bearer toke).

Or is there a much simpler way?

Thank you.